diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/settings/Settings.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/settings/Settings.java
index 564dfaf9..eec2aa80 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qortal/settings/Settings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/settings/Settings.java
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public class Settings {
 	/** Target number of outbound connections to peers we should make. */
 	private int minOutboundPeers = 16;
 	/** Maximum number of peer connections we allow. */
-	private int maxPeers = 36;
+	private int maxPeers = 40;
 	/** Number of slots to reserve for short-lived QDN data transfers */
 	private int maxDataPeers = 4;
 	/** Maximum number of threads for network engine. */